Test Trial Focus Groups on Climbing Behavior of Children

Questions for Discussion
Questions for Parents
• Has your child shown an interest in climbing on a household item (not on a
playground)? What was the item, where was it located, and how did he/she climb?
• Does the child have furniture for clothing storage (e.g., a dresser) in their room?
If no: Do they have access to furniture like that in the house?
• Have you observed your child interacting with the dresser [or whatever word the
caregiver uses]?
• How does/did your child interact with the furniture (e.g., climbs, opens drawers, pulls
items out of drawers, sits in drawers)?
• If the child climbs on the furniture, what strategy is used (e.g., all drawers closed,
drawers opened in a staggered pattern, uses other objects or furniture)?
• How does the child get down from the unit?
• Does the child interact similarly with other furniture items (e.g., nightstands, media
units, accent/occasional furniture, office furniture, bookcases)?
• Do you have anything else that you would like to mention? Are there any issues that
we have not raised?
Questions for Children
• Do you like climbing?
• What types of things do you climb?
• How do you climb?
• For the items identified by the parent:
o What do you do with the item? (e.g., open the drawers, get things out,
stand/sit/climb on the item) NOTE: Do not prompt for sit/standing
climbing, unless raised by the parent or child.
• If there is something in or on the item that is hard to reach, how would you try to
get it?